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CHAPTER 1230 S.B. No. 1362 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the development of a regional water supply reservoir 3 project at Lake Eastex reservoir site, the renaming of the site as 4 Lake Columbia, and the acquisition of the site and other property; 5 providing for the issuance of bonds. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 7 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 8 (1) "Authority" means the Angelina and Neches River 9 Authority. 10 (2) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board. 11 (3) "Lake Columbia" means the reservoir project 12 previously known as Lake Eastex authorized by Permit to Appropriate 13 State. Water Number 228 (Application No. 4537) held by the 14 authority. 15 SECTION 2. RENAMING OF. SITE. Because of the significant 16 impact the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster has had on the people in 17 East Texas and as a memorial to the seven astronauts lost in the 18 disaster, the legislature has determined that the name of the Lake 19 Eastex project in Cherokee and Smith counties should be renamed 20 Lake Columbia. 21 SECTION 3. DESIGNATION OF SITE. The legislature, as 22 authorized by Subsection (g), Section 16.051, Water Code, 23 designates the site known as the Lake Columbia site on Mud Creek, a 24 tributary of the Angelina River, in Cherokee and Smith counties,
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Texas. Legislature. Senate.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1362, Chapter 1230,
legislative document,
June 20, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth159185/m1/1/:
accessed May 1, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
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